Another weekend of high winds and rain pushed the GTN Bestsellers All Products Sales Index down to the lowest level the past 10 years for week 8...

With Garden Re-Leaf Day on the horizon (13^th March 2020) now is the perfect time for garden retailers to think about how they’ll be supporting the annual fundraising event. One idea could be to add a dedicated Greenfingers product display at the heart of the store, showcasing all the amazing products that leading garden suppliers have launched to help raise funds for the children’s hospice garden charity...

Lakeside Plant and Garden Centre in the flood hit area of Telford in Shropshire used social media this weekend with a bit of fun to keep gardeners spirits up...

More than £1,900 was raised for gardening-for-health charity Thrive at the Europlants Open Day...

LOFA marketing manager Gina Hinde and her husband John will be heading to Monte Carlo in a £500 banger to raise money for Greenfingers Charity...

Each year we endeavour to be better. It might be eating better, promising to go to bed at a reasonable time, or it might be finding ways to give back to others. Supporting a charity is one way of doing this. With Garden Re-Leaf just days away (13^th March 2020), why not grab your ‘warm and fuzzy’ by participating in the garden retail industry’s number one fundraising event?..

The new spring season for UK based Durston Garden Products couldn’t have got off to a better start with orders up 15% on last year...

Homebase has partnered with ITV to sponsor its popular gardening show, Love Your Garden, hosted by Alan Titchmarsh...

Since 2014 the GIMA Innovators Seed Corn Fund has helped five brands break into the UK garden retail market. The 2019 winners were Natural Grower, who impressed the judges with the brand’s organic and veganic gardening credentials; credentials that fit perfectly with an increasingly demanding consumer conscience...

The category with the biggest increase in sales during last year (2019) at garden centres across the country has been announced by the Garden Centre Association as part of its Barometer of Trade report. Houseplant sales saw a year to date increase of 17.6% compared to 2018.

2020 got off to a promising start with January 2020 garden centre sales up 8% compared with January of last year according to the latest HTA Market Update report, published this week...

Garden retailers who wish to inspire their customers with an elegant and architectural look that’s worthy of the Chelsea Flower Show, can now do so with Kangular’s structural screening and installations, ideal for homeowners wanting to add an instant contemporary design statement to their outdoor space, whilst also helping to drive sales of the garden structure category throughout 2020...

The 2020 Garden Re-Leaf Sponsored Walk and Cycle Challenge (13^th March 2020) is hotting up with several new names signing up to take part in the event, including some fabulous brands supporting with sponsorship...